We’ve all heard something or another about potatoes.

We sometimes eat rice instead of potatoes.

We sometimes eat rice instead of potatoes.

First of all, he wrote out a long list of all the foods which were forbidden.The list included most of the things Hugh loves: butter, potatoes,rice, beer, milk, chocolate, and sweets.

So a better standard of living comparison is between how much rice an Asian can buy with a certain income as against how many potatoes an American can by with the same income.